Low-cost, electric-powered space heating
Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) is an alternative way to heat your home allowing you to make use of renewable heat to help you save money on gas and energy bills. A heat pump extracts heat energy from the air, even when it is cold outside, and uses it to warm your home.
Currently, home heating systems either burn fuel or convert electricity into heat. An air-source heat pump is a low-carbon, renewable heat source that is suitable for a wide range of homes and off-grid properties. They extract heat energy from the air in order to warm your home and provide hot water. Aside from their eco-credentials, an ASHP system is also very efficient.
A well-designed heat pump system transfers around three to four times more energy into a property as heat then it uses to extract it. As a result, heat pumps are incredibly efficient and also have the potential to significantly lower fuel bills, particularly in properties without access to mains gas
For every unit of energy, it uses to extract heat from the air, it typically outputs three times more as heat, meaning ASHP efficiency is around 300%!
Features for using Air Source Heat Pumps:
• Low carbon, environmentally-friendly heat source
• Highly efficient, transferring around three times more energy into a home as heat than it uses to extract it from the air
• Provides heating and hot water from the energy stored in the air
• Eligible for the government Boiler Upgrade Scheme
• Little outdoor space required, meaning an air source heat pump system is suitable for most urban properties
• Generates more energy than it uses
Sontex and ASHP
Here at DMS Metering Solutions, we stock a range of Sontex heat metering products that can help monitor the consumption of energy in your home. The perfect addition to an ASHP installation. Carry on reading to see how it can ensure an efficient system.
The Sontex 440 is a MID Class 2 heat meter that can be used on solar, biomass, heat pump or air source heat pump installations and is one of the few heat meters that will meet Ofgem requirements for solar thermal installations.
The measuring principle is also unique to the Sontex brand and allows the meter to operate safely when used alongside glycol solutions whilst still retaining the accuracy and MID Class 2 Approval. The Superstatic 440 QP3.5 meters have been used extensively in the UK on Government Schemes involving the MMSP (Metering and Monitoring Service Package) and also on Commercial RHI Installations for many years and a good fit for the air source heat metering systems.
The Sontex 440 comes in a range of sizes and must be matched to the flowrate of the installation. If it is being installed in a solar thermal system, it must also be properly calibrated for the make and concentration of the glycol in the system. DMS will calibrate the heat meter for you to your own specification and supply a calibration certificate. The Calibration must be set at the time of order however if your option is not available, please contact customer services.
The Superstatic 440 is supplied alongside the Supercal 531 or Supercal 5 Integrator and a pair of temperature sensors and pockets. Unions are also supplied where necessary for the smaller sizes. The Supercal 531 is where you will find high flexibility of both power supply and communication modules to suit any application and requirement. The meters can be supplied with a D-Cell Battery to meet the need for remote installation. Alongside the Battery option, a Mains Powered version can be supplied with voltage requirements of 230vac, 24vac or 24vdc.
Please talk to a member of our technical support team members to discuss, we’re always on-hand and happy to help answer any questions you may have when it comes to our products or even Air Source Heat Pumps.
01773 534555 or [email protected]
